Improvement in cake-pans



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No.179g031. PatentedA June 20,1876. l

MWEESES- [WE-Hlm TED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HIS RIGHT TO JOHN SCHMITT AND FRANK HENKEL.

IMPROVEMENT iN CAKE-PANS.

, Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 79,031., dated June 20, 1876; application led November 1, 1875.

To all whom ttf/nay concern Be it known that I, ANTON LANG, of Pitts burg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Cake-Pan,

` Flour-Sitter, and Culinary Funnel; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, sufficient to enable others to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention consists of a pan constructed in two sections, which are hinged together in the rear, to permit of the said sections being opened or closed as occasion may require, the

.lower rim of said sections being formed' with v which are hinged -or pivoted together at the rear and front, as shown at a b, Figsl and 2,

and provided at the bottom with a groove, c, extending around the entire circumference of the sections. Within this groove c is adapted to be fitted the sieve D, when it may be desired to sift Hour or strain jelly; the culinary funnel E lmay also be fitted therein When it is required for use, and when it is to be used for baking purposes the funnel-shaped bottom vmay be reversed in the groove c, thereby adapting it for baking cake; or a plain bottom may be fitted in for'other purposes.v

The operation is such that the rod b may be l Withdrawn from the hinge a, thereby allowing the sections to open to permit of the adjust ment of the separate devices, the sections being locked together When they are in place, as will be'readily understood.

The advantages of my invention Will be readily seen, inasmuch asrit combines several very necessary and useful articles of almost daily use in one and the same utensil.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure, is-

The combination of the sieve D and culinary unnel E With the hinged sections A, the several parts being arranged to operate substantially as and for the purpose described.

ANTON LANG.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. PORTE, JAMES WEST. 

